CODE 80727 ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 6 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/16 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: MEDICAL THERAPY APPLIED AND PALLIATIVE THERAPY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Within the Course of Applied Medical Therapy and Palliative Care, the Rheumatology Teaching program is intended to provide basic knowledge for treating the major rheumatic diseases. AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, the student will acquire skills in choosing, prescribing and monitoring the effects of the main drugs used in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. TEACHING METHODS Teaching modality: - Theoretical frontal lessons - Clinical case analysis SYLLABUS/CONTENT Syllabus: - Therapy of chronic inflammatory arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis and spondylarthritis). - Therapy of systemic connective tissue diseases (such as systemic sclerosis, lupus erythematosus, Sjogren syndrome, myositis). - Therapy of vasculitis. - Therapy of crystal induced arthropathy (such as gout and Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease). - Therapy of fibromyalgia. - Therapy of soft tissue diseases (such as enthesitis, bursitis and tenosynovitis). - Therapy of degenerative bone diseases (such as osteoporosis and Paget). - Therapy of osteoarthritis. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY UNIREUMA REUMATOLOGIA – IDELSON GNOCCHI 2014. EULAR TEXTBOOK ON RHEUMATIC DISEASES – BMJ 2015. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ALBERTO SULLI Exam Board DIEGO BAGNASCO (President) ANDREA DE MARIA (President) GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA (President) FULVIO BRAIDO MARCO CANEPA MANUELE FURNARI EDOARDO GIOVANNI BATTISTA GIANNINI ROBERTO MASSIMO LEMOLI DAVIDE CARLO MAGGI LIVIA PISCIOTTA ITALO PORTO ALBERTO SULLI FRANCESCA CHIARA VIAZZI ROBERTO PONTREMOLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam will take place in written form. The test consists of a series of multiple choice quizzes, included in the written test of the Course of Applied Medical Therapy and Palliative Care. Quizzes can be represented by short clinical cases or clinical situations. There are 4 possible options of choice, one of which is correct. ASSESSMENT METHODS The final exam will verify the student learning, attesting the acquisition of the expected learning outcomes. It will take place within the written test of the Applied Medical Therapy and Palliative Care course. The student must reach a minimum score of 18/30 to pass the exam. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 10/01/2024 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 25/01/2024 14:30 GENOVA Scritto 20/02/2024 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 20/05/2024 08:30 GENOVA Scritto 20/06/2024 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 17/07/2024 14:00 GENOVA Scritto 23/09/2024 14:00 GENOVA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Class attendance is mandatory. Lesson slides will remain available to students. Students will be received at the end of the lessons, if interested in any clarifications regarding the discussed topics or anything else of specific interest.